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Markbebe
Jul 17, 2019Follower
PLP1200 Loses connection after 5 ish minutes
Hi So I have two PLP1200 adapters connected with a wireless router on both ends. I've had this setup since 2016 with this problem only occuring once last year, where it fixed itself somehow. So the ...
plemans
Jul 18, 2019Guru - Experienced User
Powerline devices are very sensative to other devices on the circuits with them. Cell phone adapters, surge protectors, arc fault circuits, high draw appliances, etc all introduce interference that can mess up their connection. You could have added something to the circuit thats causing issues, a motor could be going bad, a circuit breaker could be going bad, there's many variables that need testing to see which is causing the issues.Usually what I recommend is removing all the devices plugged into the same circuit/circuits as your powerline devices, making sure they work and stay working, and then slowly adding devices back in to see where/what causes the issue.
here's a little article from pcworld that talks about this.